1979–80 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1979–80 season
ManagerTommy Gemmell (until Apr. 1980)
Hugh Robertson (caretaker, from Apr. 1980)
Premier Division9th (relegated)
Scottish Cup3rd round
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ian Redford (9)
All: Eric Sinclair (14)

The 1979–80 season was the 78th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Premier Division after getting promoted the previous season.[1][2] Once again however, the club would find themselves relegated at the end of the season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be eliminated by Hamilton Academical in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and by Dundee United in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup. They would also compete in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, being eliminated by English side Sheffield United in the quarter-finals.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Dundee United A 0–3 17,968
2 18 August St Mirren H 4–1 Redford (4) (pen.) 8,350
3 25 August Hibernian A 2–5 Paterson (o.g.), Redford (pen.) 7,344
4 8 September Partick Thistle H 2–2 Sinclair, Redford 6,400
5 15 September Greenock Morton H 4–3 MacLaren, Sinclair, Murphy, Redford 7,243
6 22 September Rangers A 0–2 23,000
7 29 September Aberdeen H 0–4 11,817
8 6 October Kilmarnock A 1–3 MacLaren 5,500
9 13 October Celtic A 0–3 23,483
10 20 October Dundee United H 1–0 Sinclair 16,305
11 27 October St Mirren A 2–4 McGeachie, Murphy 6,000
12 3 November Hibernian H 2–1 Millar, Fletcher 6,879
13 10 November Partick Thistle A 3–2 Millar, Pirie, Sinclair 5,500
14 17 November Greenock Morton A 0–2 6,500
15 24 November Rangers H 3–1 Pirie, Sinclair, Shirra 13,342
16 15 December Kilmarnock H 3–1 Mackie, Ferguson, Pirie 6,016
17 22 December Dundee United A 0–2 15,431
18 5 January Partick Thistle H 1–1 Pirie 6,788
19 12 January Greenock Morton H 1–0 Redford 7,922
20 2 February Aberdeen H 1–3 Redford 7,661
21 9 February Kilmarnock A 1–1 Fleming 4,500
22 23 February Celtic A 2–2 Murphy, Aitken (o.g.) 21,371
23 1 March Dundee United H 1–1 Shirra 15,116
24 8 March St Mirren A 1–2 Sinclair 6,000
25 12 March Rangers A 0–1 15,000
26 15 March Hibernian H 3–0 Corrigan, Shirra, Ferguson 8,065
27 19 March Aberdeen A 0–3 7,000
28 25 March Hibernian A 0–2 5,018
29 29 March Greenock Morton H 1–1 MacLaren 3,500
30 2 April St Mirren H 1–3 Ferguson 6,031
31 5 April Rangers H 1–4 Sinclair 12,948
32 9 April Aberdeen A 1–2 Fleming 11,600
33 12 April Partick Thistle A 0–3 5,000
34 19 April Celtic H 5–1 Ferguson (2) (pen.), Fleming, Sinclair, Mackie 14,633
35 26 April Kilmarnock A 0–2 4,600
36 30 April Celtic H 0–2 10,500

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Morton 36 14 8 14 51 46 +5 36
7 Partick Thistle 36 11 14 11 43 47 −4 36
8 Kilmarnock 36 11 11 14 36 52 −16 33
9 Dundee (R) 36 10 6 20 47 73 −26 26 Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division
10 Hibernian (R) 36 6 6 24 29 67 −38 18
Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 29 August Cowdenbeath A 4–1 Sinclair (2), Shirra, Redford (pen.) 1,551
1st round, 2nd leg 1 September Cowdenbeath H 3–1 Sinclair, Shirra (2) 4,553
Dundee win 7–2 on aggregate
2nd round, 1st leg 26 September Ayr United H 2–1 Sinclair, Murphy 5,133
2nd round, 2nd leg 10 October Ayr United A 1–0 Redford
Dundee win 3–1 on aggregate
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 31 October Hamilton Academical A 1–3 Sinclair 3,871
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 14 November Hamilton Academical H 1–0 Pirie 5,696
Hamilton Accies win 3–2 on aggregate

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 30 January Dundee United A 1–5 Pirie 18,064

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Anglo-Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 6 August Kilmarnock H 1–1 Shirra 3,832
1st round, 2nd leg 8 August Kilmarnock A 3–3 Sinclair, Redford (2) (pen.) 4,000
Aggregate tied at 4–4, Dundee win on away goals
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 4 September England Sheffield United A 1–2 Williamson 7,596
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 11 September England Sheffield United H 0–1 6,866
Sheffield Utd win 3–1 on aggregate

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF Scotland SCO Les Barr 39 0 26+3 0 0+1 0 5 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Caldwell 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Dennis Corrigan 7 1 2+5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Ally Donaldson 46 0 36 0 1 0 6 0 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Iain Ferguson 13 5 9+4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ian Fleming 16 3 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Fletcher 24 1 12+4 1 0 0 4+1 0 3 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 46 0 35 0 1 0 5+1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart MacLaren 35 3 27 3 1 0 5 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Peter Mackie 23 2 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 36 1 28 1 0 0 5+1 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Alec McGhee 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Peter Millar 33 2 26+2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Murphy 42 4 28+3 3 1 0 5+1 1 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Pirie 12 6 9 4 1 1 2 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian Redford 22 13 14 9 1 0 3 2 4 2
DF Scotland SCO Erich Schaedler 30 0 27 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Shirra 41 7 27+4 3 1 0 3+2 3 4 1
FW Scotland SCO Eric Sinclair 46 14 35 8 1 0 6 5 4 1
DF South Africa RSA Stuart Turnball 18 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Watson 9 0 4+1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Williamson 14 1 3+5 0 0 0 2+1 0 3 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1979-80". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 7 May 2021.